Mount Rainier National Park Ready For Summer Season
Barring an unpredicted snowstorm, beginning today Mount Rainier National Park will open the road from Longmire to Paradise 24 hours a day.
- By NPT Staff - April 10th, 2014 3:29am
Traveler Housekeeping: Parkipedia
National Parks Traveler's Parkipedia, the first-ever crowdsourced approach to create the ultimate national park guides, is now open to all account holders. To dive into it, click the "Parkipedia" button on the menu bar.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 10th, 2014 3:11am
New Girl On The Block: Inn At The Presidio In Golden Gate National Recreation Area
The Inn at the Presidio is the newest of the nearly 100 lodges associated with our national parks.
- By David and Kay Scott - April 10th, 2014 2:42am
Parks Can Offer A Great Setting For Viewing Upcoming Total Lunar Eclipses
Throughout human history, total lunar eclipses have inspired a range of emotions, and seeing such events are an amazing experience. Four total eclipses are coming up in the next 17 months, and while you can view those displays from many kinds of sites, enjoying the phenomenon in a dramatic natural setting like a National Park Service site would be a bonus for many of us.
- By Jim Burnett - April 10th, 2014 2:38am
National Park Service Issues Guide For Building River And Lake Access Points For Canoes, Kayaks
Groups and organizations looking for insights in how to build canoe and kayak access points to rivers and lakes can turn to a new guide from the National Park Service.
- By NPT Staff - April 10th, 2014 2:25am
Graffiti Prompts Closure Of Area Near Sand Dune Arch At Arches National Park
Irresponsible visitors who couldn't resist carving their initials into the soft sandstone at Arches National Park have prompted the closure of an area near one of the park's iconic arches.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 9th, 2014 4:53pm
Isle Royale National Park Officials To Take Deeper Look At Plight Of Park's Wolves
At Isle Royale National Park, where the island's wolf population has been in slow decay for years, park officials have announced plans to take a thorough look at options for preserving wolves on the landscape.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 9th, 2014 11:21am
Quote For The Day: The Gentle Art Of Tramping
Who recalls what "tramping" is? Does anyone do it these days? Stephen Graham reminds of that pleasurable activity in his book, The Gentle Art of Tramping.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 9th, 2014 8:24am
This New National Park Would Be Unlike Any Other In The World
Across our country and around the world, national parks come in a variety of styles, shapes and sizes. They may be large or small, urban or remote, natural areas or historical sites, but few bear any similarity to one that was proposed last week. This potential national park would cover 579 square miles, include 170 museums, and be home to 1,500 species of flowering plants, 300 species of birds...and eight million people. It's certainly not another Yellowstone.
- By Jim Burnett - April 9th, 2014 2:54am
Rockfall East Of Wapama Falls Above Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Closes Trail To Rancheria Falls
Yosemite National Park crews have a huge task ahead of them: clearing a boulder field that slid across about 400 feet of the trail to Rancheria Falls near the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.
- By NPT Staff - April 9th, 2014 2:17am
